Under the persuasion of Lu Zhifan, Dolgon quickly became active, carefully re-wrote the recital submitted to Huang Taiji, and then waited for the good news from Shengjing.

In the recital, he did not talk about the Mongols or the dispatch of troops, but complained to his brother that it was difficult to stay in the army of Quang Ninh due to physical illness, and that he was afraid that his health would be incompetent and that the military situation would be delayed, so he specially asked the Holy Decree to return to Beijing to recuperate.

If the expectation is not bad, Huang Taiji will definitely not allow it, and will also send a large amount of gold and silver medicinal materials to show his favor, and then issue an order to exhort him to make some marginal promises, so that he will continue to stay in the army and serve the Eight Banners.

Dolgon was eighty percent sure that Huang Taiji would first think of himself after receiving the news that Monan Mongolia had been attacked by the Ming army, and that Huang Taiji would inevitably do the opposite. To put it bluntly, the more Dorgon wanted to rest, the less he would succeed in it, and he wished that his fourteen brothers would die of exhaustion in office.

Lu Zhifan was very unimpressed with Dorgon's approach, believing that Dolgon's conspiracy and tricks were not the work of people who had achieved great things. As the time of contact increased, Lu Zhifan gradually realized that Dolgon was very different from his initial impression.

When I first met Dolgon, this person's wisdom and tolerance were not unimpressive, but over time I found some defects hidden behind this great advantage, in Lu Zhifan's view, those who want to achieve great things must be right, but this master is just the opposite, he likes some sword tricks, and most of these conspiracy tricks are narrow-minded, even despicable.

Playing with the emperor like this, not to mention whether the goal can be achieved, if the emperor really agrees to the request, and all the messengers are taken down, can you Dolgon really put down everything and be willing to recuperate?

Moreover, although Lu Zhifan had only been in Liaodong of the Manchu Dynasty for only half a year, he was quite familiar with the political disputes between the upper and lower levels of his court, and his tragic Cheng was far greater than that of the Ming court. Failure in the political struggle of the Ming Dynasty was just a dismissal and resignation, and returning to his hometown to retire. But in the Qing court, it was not even thought about, once the hostile side fell behind, it would be beaten by the dominant side with the posture of the water dog, and it would be thrown into a place of no return.

A large part of the reason why Huang Taiji did not dare to dispose of Dolgon lightly was because Prince Youli Daishan was behind his back. Since Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he has been tightly shackled by the shackles of the four Baylors, so as the Four Baylors, he spared no effort to fight the other three Baylors as best he could.

Up to now, the death of the four major Baylors, the seclusion of the confinement, only the Daishan branch is still standing firmly in the Qing court, although this person seems to be low-key, but he has a non-negligible influence in the Qing court, and even the emperor Huang Taiji is afraid of him.

Dai Shan is good at living behind the scenes in everything, several provocations, four or two thousand catties, often a bloody storm, and he sits firmly in the house and looks at the excitement with cold eyes, success and failure seem to have nothing to do with it, but the left and right will not damage him in the slightest.

The young and vigorous Dolgon is an important person used by Dai Shan to restrain Huang Taiji, and because of this, he rarely came forward to intercede for Dolgon in person, so that Dolgon did not end up like Amin.

If Huang Taiji really had the heart to completely suppress Dolgon, and was hot-headed and granted his request to leave his post to recuperate, wouldn't Dolgon steal chickens and rice? What's more, the root of the establishment is basically not in the power trickery, these things are all ethereal things like floating clouds, and only merit is something that can really be relied on.

The problem Dolgon faced at this time was the defeat of the previous year, which became the biggest obstacle to his re-leadership. But this wise Manchu Beile also has a blind time, and now from the Nurhachi era to be able to take the lead alone several major noble generals withered badly, Mang Gurtai died of illness, Amin was imprisoned until now for offending Emperor Taiji, and the rising star Yue Tuo was beheaded by Li Xin in the last year and died tragically.

Therefore, Dolgon was already one of the few remaining noble generals of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Ming army's dispatch to southern Mongolia seems to be an elbow and arm disease, but if it is ignored, it will be a matter of blink of an eye. The reason why the Qing court was able to concentrate all its efforts on attacking Liaoxi at the moment was because Mongolia and Korea in the rear had already surrendered, and no one could put a cold arrow in the back to make a knife. But if this flag of Monan Mongolia is messed up, it will affect the whole body, and the strategy Songjin plan that has been drawn up long ago is very likely to be in vain.

Huang Taiji is not a mediocre and incompetent person, in a certain way, objectively speaking, he is even far better than Zhu Youzhen, the great son of the Forbidden City. He will not put his personal grievances above the public weapon, and if he really wants to solve the problem of Monan Mongolia, he will choose a capable general and complete his work in one battle.

Dorgon was clever at this point, and it was clear that he was not wise.

For this reason, Lu Zhifan has persuaded him more than once. Each time Dorgon laughed and said nothing, leaving him to wait and see. Lu Zhifan was even a little impatient.

"There has been no news for several days, isn't Baylor in a hurry? In case ......"

This "what if" Lu Zhifan doesn't want to say it, since he has humiliated his integrity and made a surrender, the person who asks for it will only have the word fame and fortune, as long as he can assist a holy lord to win the world, what if he is scolded by the world? Lu Zhifan chose Dolgon, and his fate and Dolgon were like grasshoppers tied to the same rope, one glory and one loss, this kind of unlucky words could not be spoken.

Dorgon told him to be patient, and in a few days things would come to light. This time, he insisted on his opinion like never before, and did not compromise because of Lu Zhifan's repeated persuasion. In desperation, Lu Zhifan withdrew with his sleeves up.

He had just returned to his mansion, but a servant came to report, and the barbarian merchant asked to see him.

Of course, the so-called barbarian merchants were only merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and out of preparation for a rainy day, Lu Zhifan was influenced by Dolgon, and he also attached great importance to these merchants of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing court was located in a corner of the Guan, where supplies were scarce and grain production was extremely low, so it was simply not enough to supply the growing Dingkou. In this way, these merchants became an indispensable force to keep the Qing court stable and powerful.

Years later, Huang Taiji even lent a large amount of silver to dozens of Jin merchants on a large scale, regardless of the cost, this method was only to stimulate the enthusiasm of the merchants to transport food and materials from the Ming Dynasty to the outside of the customs.

Inspired by this, Lu Zhifan was also actively cultivating merchants who could be used by Dolgon, after all, mastering the supply of a large number of goods was equivalent to tightening the neck of the Qing court's power. But it is not easy to really implement, Dolgon is currently in power, and has been assigned to Quang Ninh, a small land, how can there be merchants who are so blind to come to them for cooperation?

Lu Zhifan suffered a lot from the perfunctory coping of the merchants, but after all, he was a coated servant of the Qing court Baylor, and out of the idea of leaving a good line, he pretended to excuse himself. After some operation, the silver was not spent, but there was not half of the merchants who were willing to enter the bank. In the eyes of the merchants, even if they don't get cheap from the slave chiefs, don't they have a prince of rites? The people are in high positions and powers, and the silver they earn from the trade routes is no less than that of the slave chiefs. Why did you come to find a fallen Baylor?

It can be regarded as an eye-opener, it can also be said that there is a coincidence, but this Jin merchant is belated, and he only came to Liaodong in June, whether it is Huang Taiji or Prince Li, there is not much silver left in his hand that can be lent out, and it is said that there are some twists and turns that are not for outsiders, and he will not put a penny of silver in his hand.

In desperation, the Jin merchant heard about Dolgon's door from somewhere, and found the city of Guangning despite the difficulty of the road. The two sides hit it off, and even if Lu Zhifan agreed to discuss with him, after consulting Dolgon, he made an appointment to discuss it in detail. Dolgon also allowed to lend 200,000 taels of silver in advance, but explained that he would only give priority to the purchase of grain from the Ming Dynasty.

"The villain Lu Jia has seen the big man!"

Lu Zhifan was very enthusiastic about this Jin merchant named Lu Jia, and immediately sat him down and ordered the servants to make tea and pour water. There is no other reason, just because both of them are fellow villagers in Yuci. At that time, people valued their hometown, especially Lu Zhifan, who had left his hometown, and he was even more cordial and cherished when he could meet his fellow villagers in a foreign land.

"Baylor has already personally promised you 200,000 taels of silver, don't let Baylor down. Seeing that the wheat harvest season was approaching, he went back to harvest the grain. ”

Lu Jia gasped, and actually refused: "If Baylor only lets the villain collect wheat, the villain's money might as well not be loaned." ”

Lu Zhifan was a little angry, how could such a big event be repeated, but he still calmly asked him why. Lu Jia looked sad, spread his hands, and said, "To tell the truth, how can there be a reason not to make money?" It doesn't hurt that the villain just took the 200,000 taels of silver, but he really couldn't meet the requirements for collecting grain, and in the end Baylor lost the silver in vain, and it wasn't you, the master, who was affected? ”

"Why?"

"The lord is not in the pass, I don't know, this year, the wheat in Shanxi and Zhili is afraid that it will be harvested, and the people don't even have a chew to eat, where can they still receive excess food?"

Lu Jia's honesty moved Lu Zhifan for a while, now in these days, it is rare to see people who value faith and righteousness so much, especially when the other party is still a businessman, they all say that businessmen value profit over righteousness, and today it seems that this statement seems to be suspected of being partial and comprehensive.

Lu Jia saw that Lu Zhifan seemed to agree with his statement, and said:

"Nowadays, in addition to grain, there is another thing in the land of the Qing Dynasty that sells very well, and the grain is not successful, and when this thing is shipped, Zhun Bao Beile makes a lot of money, at least doubled."